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Newspaper Page TextTHE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL. PORTLAND. SUNDAY MORNINO, OCTOBER 18. 1D08. .tattle Is a great actor tor musical development over thora, aa4 through II the cliy ia aula to ootaia mucn inai Portland must da without. Such aa or. ganlsaiioa la a food thins tor ur com- tuuolty. - JJtTLh " r: .Bp 1 71 s.7.' r i luut-o I ii I Xl I s I I w I II , t 1 - I II II II II , 1 1 A I i ii y I t - ms I v. '5 I I ' ; " 7"w I I x 1 55 -H v LOCAL MUSICIANS In Heillf Concert 1 A eonoart that will pa of a good deal of publlo Interest la that to be given Friday evening, October IP, by Frank a. Elchenlaub, violinist, at tha Hslllg. Mr. Klohanlaub wm beard hart In re cital at tba Helllg laat spring when ha had but Juat returned from at yeara' continuous arudy In Europe. HI work waa dona with aeveral or tha maatara but to muslo he feels that he owea moat of hla learning. - Mr. Rlohenlaub le very muslciaaly and hla playing laat spring iileaaina to hear. He la ami young aa professional musicians le4 NE Of THE moat aenslble Ideas (1 in retard to educating . people I mualeally haa been ' launched In Ve Boatou. It waa atarted flrat , more from curiosity than an' ..' thing elae but In the experiment It proved -itself of auch practloal value that it waa continued in serlousneta And now other cities are beginning to Lake It up 'The Idea Is to teach people how to listen to music. That may sound foolish to those who think that listen Ing )s not an art and that It Is not ao- quired . i but Ilka Topay, Juat . But listening la an art., and aa art . understood by comparatively few. Not ' many know how to listen well to speak ' Ing to a .lecturer or even a conversa tionalist 'And how many j less know I how to listen to music. . ' The Idea of teaching people how to listen; was first - Introduced aa a real experiment by Louis Charles Elaon. who not only had hla ideaa about listening but who dared publish them In spite of ridicule. He flrat published an ar ticle in a magaxlne some five yeara ago. It aroused a good deal of comment and people wondered what he meant and some laughed at him but that was all for a time. Thla led later to an ad- dress before the Social Science confer ence and other articles in the DRDers till he succeeded in getting people to isia sdoui ii ana wonaer aoout it. men .-. he was finally asked to give a aerlea or lecture-concerts to demonstrate hi idea. Which ha did with unlooked for . success. He gave them in toe school nouses, tree or cnarge ana so man applied for tickets of admission tha . thev had to be turned awav in crowds. Some followed the course eagerly all over the city from school to school The next aten waa to Induce the mu lo. commission to provide a band of . 10 instruments to demonstrate orches trat music This was done and at though thla band cannot and does not undertake to : play a full orcheatral score, yet it suffices to demonstrate tone coior ana me vaiue .ana tecnnic of each Instrument. The whole plan hag wvnva iu Bumirsuif. ana n&s oeon taic en up so eagerly that Syracuse and New ,Tork have adopted , it and , are arom to. institute a similar plan. It naturally remained foi Boston to ; jaunch such an undertaking. And it remained for Boston to succeed In it- to find the numbers of people who were eager ror me opportunity to learn to listen Intelligently. But why noma not foruana unaeriaxe sucn a similar plan7 There is certainly : einouch music enthusiasm in Portland to warrant the effort on the part of Bomponc. Ana ai me same time tnere -is vcertalnly enough musical ignorance in Portland to warrant the effort. That - has been sufficiently demonstrated at more than one concert here. 1. . . Time and time again you pay ask people if they like music. And perhapa Keven or eight out of 10 will answer, as proudly a go, but ha plays with maturity of a(yle. It will be a Plei In publlo. lie eaaure to hear him again e has since hla arrival here been a very pouular soloist at varloua publlo functions. This evening he will be one of the aololate at the cred concert at the cathedral for the benefit of the orphans. Assisting htm In his Droaram at the Hal He will be Mrs. Rose Coursen Reed. contralto, and Qeorge H. Street, bari tone. Both are well known In musical circles and need little introduction. Mrs. Read haa Ions bean one of the leadlna and most popular soloists of Portland, ana ner beautiful, rich contralto al ways meets with delighted apprecia tion. Mr. Street is a younger and new erstnger, but hla baritone la good and hla friends expect a promlalnc future for blm. ,$ykr?M If and thein wblL,hen;, v "asaw . j..m:i1' i ni 4 '. ;,.T!-S. Frank O. Eichenlaub, Violinist, Who Will Give a Recital Soon. gan postlude, 'Testive March," Rogers. Evening Organ. "Adoratlo et Vox Angelica," Dubois; anthem, "Still, Still With Thee," Koote: offertory; organ Sostlude, Weber. The choir, soprano, Irs. E. 8. Miller; contralto. Miss Eve lyn Hurley; tenor and director, W. H-, Boyer: bass. Charles "Cutter: organ. Mlas. Laura Louise Fox; chorus of 30 voices. w Mrs. Alice B. Marshall's class of "V TOTED COMPOSER TO JL N Live West Temporarily a PORTLAND SINGER Wins Foreign Honor a A mattar of congratulation to her many frlenda In Portland la the sue cess with which Miss Mary Adele Caae has been meeting In Paris the past year. She haa succeeded in getting flattering recognition from more than one Important quarter. The latest suc cess which has brought Joy to the hearts of her sanguine admirers was her aDDOlntment as soloist to accom pany Harold Bauer, the renowned pian ist, In his tour of the British Isles. There were many contestants Dotn at 8ueen'a hall In London and The Salle aveau in Paris. Miss Case, who has a beautiful contralto voice, was select ed. She was introduced to Mr. Bauer through Baron D. Krlanger, who had been particularly charmed with her ! slnains; and playing of the native Ha waiian Instruments at a reception giv en by Ambassador White. Miss Case Is an Orearon City e-lrl who studied here with Mrs. Kose ( our I sen Reed before she went to New Yorkf. She has always been a great favorite here and m California where she has many friends. In Honolulu while vis Itlnr there she was made a (treat deal of and was reauested to arive concerts and to sing at a number or public af fairs. Here she was one of the official soloists at the Lewis and Clark expo sition, tvne was enabled to ro to Ku rope for further atudy through the aa slstance of a friend In California, but her untiring eners-y and her constant ambition have done more than anything eise 10 win ner ner piace. "L music, gave a recital at the Sherman, Clay hall Wednesday afternoon, which wag attended by a number of friends. Miss Ella Stockton particularly dls nudlv as. if they were savin a-. "I I Unmii.hori 1ri in riovinr hi- !.V;.'V out . hate anything inferior." I numbers entirely from memory, after a That term classical music, covers a ahn,t m,u n tvii,vn,in muniiuuB -m sina, uy mo way. Avery- ia the program: Septette (2 pianos) - tiling that Is not ragtime, anything (Beethoven), Mrs. McDonald, Miss insi ooes not nave ine mosi paipaoie Rathjen, Miss Helen McOulre, Miss Mc melody, 'anything that does not catch Bride; Sonatina, con spirlto, andante, uM.c.msu ,,cv.r. ronao (c:iementi;, Jtiiia M. BtocKton , moments notice Is to him classical Turkish March; Var, No. 4 (Mozart) u,rn. ouauc. i y.,aaa,. u xuirS Helen Mcouire; Kustie or spring, ' Tn.kf: .?.'' assertion as proudly as if (Binding), Mlsa McBride; (a) Melody me nmuite ror classical music were a F (Rubenstein), (b) Brook Son; f " ., .. (Koinng), miss Froda Kathjen; Ka , vp 'Li-ipi iiv. menno,-8tr,w (Rubenateln. Miss Haw "h8. fiJSLiViJi J? " lev: The Witches Dance E. A. Mao - 1 the appreciation of it .a nowell). Charles O. Hararave. Chicairo f i Jif th!. iii6 Xtr .Kln a Aridante (Mendelssohn), (b) Afie 3" lbtfl?tnHmnlllw ?" A"a (Mendelssohn), Ella M that it Is a matter of ignorance, not a a"10"- , matter of lack of gift. Probably these sajne people though thev might enjoy Miss Dorothea Nash has started reading the lightest kind of novels, I class in sight reading for vocal students, TLZ"!9 1Y1 loI-an,"V"? class evidently much needed. She lines uiu - jjiji. cuji'jr mo i laoti- . les of literature Scott, Thackeray, I keeps her classes small that each stu or some of -.the essayists or his-1 dent mav receive Inrif vlrinnJ Attention torlans or poets. That, they would feel, and they meet onco a week The effort .. -.iT C. WTk; th.i 7, 7. " has met with much encouragement from ' n.Z?1! lAlifZ i55 fm tl'.i? the Prominent vocal teachers of the city, matter of education and custom their who realize-that there is much need oi .y " IVr; such training. Many of -them have ar . they would resent the Imp Ication that ranged' to send to Miss Nash the stu tney couia not unaersiana inese pigger acnt8 who neea the work, and especially " ' ' " ' - J " " - . nose wno wish to quaiiry ror choir po- -Bynonymous sltions where ready reading Is essential. I l thla error that Mr. Bison has M,a Nash is making the course very tindertaken to correct In Boston and interesting. She Is herself endowed that interested people elsewhere have with the Vnae of absolute pitch, and Jk7 U?X rhllir1a t schools .are wlth the special ,,tudy he ha made of uunM. i, lnJS work )s admirably adapted to pre- volces because It seems to be a gen- nare atudnt v orally recognised Idea that they can all P 6 "tuaents. he taught to sing. They cannot all be ... , . A . ' taught to sing that is a gift But The music at the First Baptist church they can be taught to understand tno- today will be as follows: Morning , '1ten to .'"t"1 ??Ly' Teaa volunury, "Berceuse from Joce- Mr. El son s plan Is to teach people ,.... . . ,, , what to listen for In music; to teach lvn (Godard); anthem. Come Holy they to understand what the composer Spirit" (Warren); solo "Grass and w" "'"a- t In Mi R"s" (Bartlett), by Miss Kathleen 2f, Lawler with violin obligato by Miss -ITfttftViVJJjSh "t?.! Cornelia Barker; postlude "Nocturne went into orchestral work. He first i. .,m .t,u . I 1 'uinnai axuiuii tv-UDi j , snLlieill. on lh rtano. rDeatlnfir them often that I they mfght stick in the memory. Then CailinV' (Brewer) aosoel solo hyPMl, he brought forth his little orchestra and hi?Wa- raethid "PilUlm". M-rA- showed what each Instrument had to frr.H,, ea' PBtlude- P"grlm s March do and why It was given certain parts. "LrK-- . jn this way the llstenera were enabled , . to understand the work " In question The Vorsplel class, representing the when It was next heard played by a big advanced students from Miss Grace Wll- Mr-M haV-opened up a new ton's rpiano .ehool, will give Its first branch of education which it would bo program of the season next Saturday Interesting to follow out. The result afternoon. Th mpmhprhin nf th, of such education should surely show Includes Miss Anna Scott. Miss Knther Gertrude Sans Soucl has been struck with the advertising fever, and it Is said that she Is to tour the west presently in the Interest of her own composl tlons. To musicians this may seem un necessary, for Sans Soucl Is one of the beat known names In modern musical literature Miss Sans Soucl has been spending the summer and early fall as a guest at "The Crossroads," the country estate of Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Snyder, Como Park. St. Paul. "The Crossroads" Is a meet ing point for the musical element of the Twin Cities, and some Interesting companies have been gathered there during; Miss Sans Souct's visit, and she has. made herself one of them. She left New York last week, starting west on a transcontinental. tour, and will visit the principal music centers of the Pacific coast. Indeed it is .announced that her present lntentloiv Is to remain in the west four or five months, and to mskn Seattle her headquarters, operating from there. Doubtless before snrina hr com positions will have received wide pub licity on the coast and the clubs anH or ganizations Interested In music will have heard her charming songs inter preted in the most charming manner bv the composer herself. It would he a pity were she to spend so much timp in Seattle that Portland should not have at least an equal share of her time, for Portland is generally recognized as be ing more musical, although it has not the enterprise to organize and retain CIUDS. H - ERNESTO CONSOLO TO Tour the West Coast ) A report comes that Ernesto Consolo, the eminent Italian pianist, will appear In this city during the coming musical season In ' concert recital under ' the di rection of William K. Zlegfeld of Chi cago. Mr. consolo has never appeared before in the west and his tour this season will be limited to 20 concerts west of the Mississippi. His first American recital was given two years ago and since men ne nas neen engaged many times oy the Boston nympnony orchestra, the 'i neoaore xnomas or chestra, the Pittsburg, Washington and New York orchestras and this season he is to open the series of concerts to be given by the Thomas orchestra of Chicago. Mr;Jonsolo waa a pupil of Anton Rubenstein in Dresden. Carl Relneckc in Lelnsic. Syambutl in Rome and his debut was made In 1893 in Berlin un der the patronage of Joseph Joachim. Ills success in America as well as in the old world has been pronounced and his first western tour has elicited much favorable comment from music lovers. Europe's production of beet sugar In the season of -1907-08 was 6,552,000 tons, a decrease of 158,000 tons from 1906 07 and 380,000 tons from 1905-6. Ger many led in 1907-08 with 2,132,000 tons, follnwerl hv A ustrlA-Hllns'n.rv with " 1 . The Women's Musical club in 1 440,000 and Russia with 1,410,000. ETWIS RAND." by Mary John-1 son With the sama strength of 'setting, though perhaps with leas wild plctureaque- neaa, as In her flrat story. "To Hava and To Hold," Miss John son . haa wrought another historical novel that will take Jts place among tha great works of American fiction. She haa chosen one of the most turbu lent and unsettled periods In the his tory of America; the years when Thom as Jefferson reigned at the White House, when Blannerhassett held his daxcllng court on his beautiful Island home, and Aaron Burr went up and down the land, Inciting to trason and rebellion those who were dazxled by his chimerical scheme of southern empire. which was to place the son of Theodosia I Burr upon a permanent throne, and make lords and nrlnces from soil-grown Americans. The story opens when Jefferson was secretary of state and the head of the Democratic-Republican party, and be fore the fatal encounter between Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton. Liewis Rand, the son of a tobacco roller, was then a lad of 14. His mother was dead ground to death by the Kn In.. nwt,4 MAVAnlfw tT lint. 1. 1, nkn n.l ..... M.IMIU U.1 1 1 , DI, Tt'l I I J . ' 1 JIOI II ...ll.l 11.1, Gideon Rand, under whose tyrannical and brutal treatment the boy was de veloping an uncontrollable hatred and temper. The boy. however, was con sumed with ambition and possessed with a determination to get an educa tion and become a lawyer like some of I his Federalist neighbors. On one of I his father's visits to Richmond to sell his tobacco, the boy fell upon Jefferson In a book storp, who immediately con ceived a liking for the boy, procured him some books and later secured per mission from the older Kand for the boy hiYe up tobacco srrwn and go to Albert Henry Smyth, Author or. "American Literature," "The Life an a lapse is then left in the story writings or Benjamin rankiin. which opens again when Dewls. Rand and Ludwell Cary oppose each other as nd, j . ni,iai th. 'hn.i. nr Aknto. educator to those who do not know BATHER PLAY THAN REIGN v?ry quickly. Tatham, Miss Eunice Thompson of Sa- jem, miss isaoelle Kecuwlth, Miss Nan It sounds promising at least to y Mann. Mlsa Norma Turner. Miss Percy Litherland. Miss Anna Demnsev Mlo Min t inman, miss K.atnevrine Mhannnn of Forest Grove, Miss Rita Allen, Miss Alice Dempsey, Miss Florence Wunst. that tha opera The Girl of the Golden West," or "La Fanciulla dell'Quest." Pnorlnl (a vritlm la in ha In I XI l. irin.l. TTI I - M . . I threa act. only. Perfcap. that will "Rinemal.'oV Salem" "lo"a-"" rnaae ii anoner tnan ina performance ti -ar ine nearly overlaps tha evening per- . ""rj -"nr-. wen r Known in forma nc. However, the drama sems musical circles In this city, had charge to be so full of thrills for most of the of the music for the evening sessions ty institute. heU and so are contented. In the writing of M" Rainier last week. Miss Conyers lila nrvrt TuiwIb1 la no litnnr mllah- Sang three beautiful solos and was well rating with the poet Illem. but has received Both evenings she presented rtao Instead Ouelfo Clvtnlni to ba his wme ner pupus m song including librettist. Mrs. L.. K. Rutherford Mra Madge H. uunce ana weorga v . vogel. The Rain ier male quartet sang and Mra. Fry waa inc icrgmpanill. w w im nm rtaitl kVtllnn vna. at n afteraootu Aa IntUn, program was ke, Voimrt to t, hlm hov l0 com. 'rloiin numbers. Tht toom twnlt in- M0- Tn aen' Wolfgang Amadeus tn1 giving a bewTit for t Children s I mo answer that the questioner wa Home la the near future Tba rannbfr- 1 ,0 young o oe ininging or such a e rha 1noio-!ee 10 ineinbra, with the I rlous occupation. "But you were much fallowing officers: Irene pmiK)t. r- r""ir hrn you . bgan," protested Mnt; tv Vnr, iea-pre4deiit: Argot I" aspirant. -Ah, ys, that la true. ' Mlsa Oraca Wilton, aaalatad by Miss laaaell Baejrwitn. mtertaJnad tbe Port land Junior Muical club laat Saturday Iaea. necratary; JJelen Pearca, Inav nr. w Mlas Mlnaia PAosft of Xareka. Cal. hsa rea thtajclty to mpen4 tba wta 1 r 1 nrrea Meg fcer rwperto4r with Mrs. -arl. ZtwV.' Vlaa ITAoeat wllj r e aa areraar la efart soon, t teg m a am ner of ronspesltkns fcy Ii. s a mcnperra. - , Tte sieilt T" fTi at tb Flrrt t charrh t4y wlU h aa fc-l- - - - v . a frv t ! a." ; ' 'f, -f-rri e- iv, er-1 M . rl mm lA mri t V. . mmmlXm. W.. U rou j did not ask asybodj how to wuiy-var. iVa.lln'S, Charles Mitchell, a music teacher of rrtmilnence from Ashland, has come to Portlsod to study a few months with W. Glfford Nash, . "rereons wba sit doubled tap trying to P4aj a Boechaniral piano may truthfully be said to poaaeas nanatcal beat Mus ical Cm rier. A lara-a aadienrw heard Mra Tfnmm r-H-e.n-ieH m recital at Nawberg. Or. it ' V'JI & 'A:::-S III CI V . L ' V--i'F cf I f V'Vr ' f i ill v - - - a v . i ' - j . yy i ill i I Xk. .-.... i-y JJL I vi:. Ill I - " - I'fZyy XM f 1 1 v,l , I ' I I candidates for the house of delegates at Richmond, and Iewls Rand, the son of the tobacco roller, defeats Ludwell Cary, the aristocrat and Federalist. Kroni this on the story develops rap idly, but never dn a conventional man ner. Into It are introduced many prom inent historical figures of that period, the most prominent and disastrous be ing that Of Aaron Burr. At first glance lewls Rand does not fulfill tha promise of his boyhood, but upon closer ooservation one can see mat Miss Johnson has done exquisitely nne work in molding him into maturity and has but tilled out the disposition, char acter and training of his youth and, therefore, has created nothing abnormal. With the same accurateness with which he author has carried Lewis Rand through the book, she has carried the others, and has surrounded the whole with the tender chivalric atmosphere that has always characterized the peo ple of the south. Jacqueline Churchill reminds one. throughout, of a delicate Dresden figure and even as she lies crushed and broken in the tragic climax f the story one cannot rid themselves of that impression of her. The political flavor or the nooK is ntensely strong and conveys a very xcellent Idea of the forces that were at work at that time, though It would ot be safe to found ones ideas of Burr and his- southern empire wholly on the viewpoint obtained from Miss Johnson's narrative. But whether or not one accepts the situation, as pre sented in "Lewis Rand," as wholly cor-- rect from a historical standpoint there is no gainsaying the fact that she has presented a pawerful story, and one that is second only to her "To Have and To Hold.'l And then It takes second place only because her first work was founded in an unculled field of historic fact The book has some fine Illustrations In colors by V. ( . Yohn, and it is hand somely bound. Houghton, Mifflin com pany. Price $1.50. "The Journal of American History." There Is perhaps no other magazine pub lished today that presents a study be fore Its leaves are cut, but this is one. We certainly have many beautiful and artistic cover designs, but it remains for "The Journal of American History" to present a historical binding. In the copy Just to nana, wnicn is numner three or the second volume, ine art cover-Is In imitation Russstan leather and old gold historic art of book binding In America and a reproduction from an ancient volume in the Lenox librarv of New Tork. 1825. There Is an exquisitely dainty title page in sil ver and gold by Howard Marshall, and a most elaborate heraldic Illumination In gold, "sliver and colors which is the arms of Admiral Oeorge Dewey. The number is dedicated "to Canadian America. This does not mean, however, thnt the entire volrme Is devoted to thla feature of history, for the scope of the articles is from ocean to ocean, and from Canada to South America. One of the beauties of the book is that it contains no long articles or Individual opinions, but Is, In fact as in name, a journal giving manv valuable fart's, many of which have been burled so long they have almost been lost to human view. Then there are up-to-date articles that are rounded on historic Incident. as for Instance, "America's greeting to the Britons.' and coming under that head we find. "Kxpreaslon of Oood Will r,xienoeo in rue rrinc- or ales Dy Honorable Charles W. Fairbanks." etc., with manv brief historic articles re lating to this occasion. The magaxlne contains a great number of historically Interesting Illustrations, among which we note a facsimile of the Introduction of tbe first American magaxlne show ing the autograph of Judg Samuel SewalL Tt la from a rare copy In the Prince library In the Boston librarv. Another Is a double page facsimile of the flrat lean of tha first established newspaper In America wit h which bu rins the history of American journal ism. Not only la the sub tact matter of tha bonk unique In Its amount of -raluaM and Interesting material, but Ita tech nique) Is perfect. Few magaslnea. In deed. w know of none that Indulges In auch high grade materials or that para each rlnwe attention to the beaatT end eerrlce of paper. Ink and work wiansblp. They are hooks that aay one will feel thr muat hare pat Into per- maaent nlndlng aa moom as each relume la complete-. It Is rmhllaned at New Haven. Conn tt annually. ( rents each. Four copies ar. from experience the devious ways of ine motor car. The narrative is that of an exciting race across tha continent, from New fork to Portland, Or., of two magnificent touring cars, and their varied careers of accidents of every de scription that would necessarily befall a trip of this kind, with the ingerrllity, inventiveness and steady nerve that would be In constant demand. These are the things that would be of sug gestive interest to the motorist or mechanic. W hile not exactly a wager for her nana, u was an understanding -that Drignrc ana witty Betty Albright would give u to me man that won the race, ana this adds Just the touch of ro mantle Interest the story needed. One or the contestants was a rich and ut terly unscrupulous Italian nobleman the other was an honest young Amerl can. Just making a very difficult start In the business world by buying an in terest In the manufacturing house that wai turning out his car the Nero. From the start tha raoriAi la in num. pathyVlth the Nero, which never lags niriiiK me long ana trying race ror they know its success means not only me gin ne loves out world-wide ad vertising and immediate business pros perity. The part that will specially ap peal to Oregon readers is tne trip from Boise to Portland. The Nero and 8u perba are supposed to be the pathfind ers over the trail that has become familiar to many automobillsts today: and to these, the many familiar land marks ana people mat were met with, there will be a special interest in the book. One is always glad to meet a familiar race in a dook. Tne uaKer. Taylor com pany. Price J1.50. "Americans of Today and Tomorrow." by Albert J. Beverldge Senator Bev- eridge's recent visit to Portland will create a new Interest in anything he writes, but particularly will thla sub ject invite attention, as he haa some very pronounced views upon American ism, from many standpoints. He does not view his native land as one who has known no other, for not only from the scholarly standpoint, but from that of the extensive traveler does he endeavor to "see ourselves aa others see us. H Is patriotic In the truest sense: namely, that with Intense love of home I and native land," he Is yet bold enough to criticise the weak points In our body politic and attack them with the sur geon's knife for the future good of the nation. In the present book he gives. a pleasant way, and without resort ing to statistics, a comparative state ment of our natural advantage over many Kuropean nations, and then con clusively proves how we are wasting our advantages and energy and sinning away. In reckless profligacy, our oppor tunities. Senator Beverldge Is no croaker; on the other hand he Is an optimist, and never more truly one than when he Is writing or talking of his native land. l .1. tnoU.. kla ..nnl. ... . I V. mn ,A I. . I ....n ........ r III.. " V.I III III II IIIUI c III heeded and much more, effective. In writing Senator Beverldge has the same fluent and lucid flow of language that he displays In talking, which makes the hook a pleasure to read. Henry Alt emus company. Price 60 centa. Shakespeare Proverbs." hv Marv Cowden-Clarke: edited with Introduction likely to bo useful, not onlv to younger readers but also to such of their elders as may not be critical students of Shakespeare." Then follows an Intro duction by Mr. Rolte In which he gives a brief biographical sketch of Mrs. Cowden-Clarke's very Interesting life. She was a woman born to the literary purple and to the end retained her high souial standing among the greatest lit erary 'lights of her time, and among whom' she was held - high esteem. Without this introduction sue would need no other guarantee that the work was of high merit and authoritative than the fact thnt Mr. Rolfe indorsed it and took so much -Interest in pre serving It to future generations, when It was so nearly lost. Mr. Rolf e Is one of ine foremost Shakespearian scholars of the day. and has made a specialty of bringing Shakespeare In a clear, under standable way to the youth of the country. Tn a second Introduction tha aAltm- glves a very InterestiroT chapter on "A Word About Proverbs." taking as a basis for his essay Archhlshon fr,rem-Tn'a definition:. "Someone has said that these three things constitute a nmvarh shortness, sense, and salt." Into other deflnitiona nt a rtrni.orh h. ....- - - quite extensively. When on page 79 the proverbs begin, one Realizes that tbey hava found a mint rt On -every page the familiar and un familiar proverbs meet the eye and thev are. good to see a book of this kind will naturally find its greatest useful. riess among young people who are apt to familiarize themselves with quota tions, or savings" and whan - - is . , place them are utterly at sea as to aathor or place from whenca thev came. Again the student -hh ei-j i. most useful, as it Is of convenient slza to slip In the pocket, and accessible when a little time la tn h At.m Z.7 . P. Putnam's Sons. Price 11.25.- The Widow (Tn R , Man)." bv Helen Rnl. the title Is rather nrelndiei.i . tZZ Li?.J?Jl 5" noth'" to weaken ihl F. SJ.u,,ice' for on- "aturally couples the subject matter of the book with tha hideous headgear of the past year nV,t the Illusion Is soon alZiZ?.- y!! the first, page the relder knows that this particular widow does not rutl to huge effects, hut t. " essence of good common sense, and an inhB"M' endowment of worldly 'wisdom" "re" 1The0mbooktofre,!.,n mild romance, but no plot, and Is main ly the conversation and expressions of opinion between the widow and a cer tain bachelor, Mr. Travers. Generally it Is a good-natured banter In a give and take sort of manner, he seeing m.r- wlfC and widow:'" If It" doVTgrow 'blt pessimistic at times, one can forgive t uVo'rn ftrtftVaS" "OUnd" th .i Thf...w,do.w rtalnly leaves conven tionalities In the background and. aa ?Tr.?n" If" 'T'mp" vry near otit- ..,,,, orni-rq maw. it lrclded- Ilk worth rMdlnH- Iodge-Publishing company. Price $1. "Lorna Doone." one of the beat be loved, au re y, of the minor classics, haa ioTLu?: Prr5"ret, ln volume edited by H. Snowden Ward. Mr. Ward haa collected with scholarly -ease everr fact and legend hearing upon the ro mance of the robber Doones. and In- and notes by William hi Rolfe ln the cornorated them in .n inV-. ' ln: editorial preface. Mr. Rolfe says: ''Tl,l, 1" J"!0 117 I I.... m ... - " 11 little book wan first nuhllahad In 1 when I happened to see a cony of It among some young friends at a summer note. Pome years afterward I tried to gett a copy or it to replace one that had diaapearedtrom my library, but though an eonioa or me dook, printed In Eng land, waa brought out here In 1147 ha Wllev Putnam It was already out of print on notn sines or tha Atlantic. Later I became acquainted with Mm. Cowden-Clarke. and in 1 fin a notice n me ituic or tne -t-tnakei-Bear-e Kr. Sctmplle by her and her husband). I re i erred to tne proverne and my early Interest In tt. and added that It ought to no re printed, i also wrote to her, auggeetlog that . a new edition might Include additions from Shakesneare'a poem a from which she had not drawn tn the original aeleetloa. The idea pieaeed her and she at once ga re ma permleaion to edit the book with thl Print Ranjltlalnkl. the Jam Sahib of NavaBicar. Who Haa Glrea Up- jut maiaa. i urona u uraer to CoBUsa Hla Cararr aa a Crtckrtar. "The Car aM tbe I.dv by Ore re R. Vaooa and Perry F. Wee-artrel -Thni tittle etorr cf tbe ear and tbe lady Is one te make tba p-alne of a reel metrrr. It neat fester ad faster with e-rery trberter and tm one that prorea not only la tensely lau-restlng Vat a great rrnpoaed addittnne whenever I anight find It eo-arenlent te do ao, Tha bonk waa then ao ararce that tha only ropy p ne rcaia tenn me waa one ana had nrn In 1 II 7 te a mend, who waa then ll dead, btrt whoea family consented ia return it. - - - in tbe origi nal edition ef the preeent honk no rfrn i were glveo, te the play from whlrai the -prorer be were taken. Taeoe bare new been Inaerted. and to tbe few explanatory ete referred to la the erirtnal IT f - I set-en r all) I tiare added a etna of any ewa-that I tbonght ustratlona of the wild r have been gathered he Mra r. v, . Aeed Ward for the new book, which Is to be known as the "Dooneland edition," The Harpers will bring It out In this country within tha fortnight. rJPu-Crl"Jr .rmT' n r wl Publish in robrJ: - Th Mratery of the Plnckner Draught, an Important study of con stitutional hlstore he K. TLT wi- Charlea e Nott, former chief Justice of the I nlted States court of clalma. dla csslng at length how much of the work of Charlea Plnckney of South Carolina Is embodied In tha constitution of tha United States. - Soe-i Canal Vrottprrrnvt. The returns of ahlrmfna aa f' J" ? -n" from London abow that British tonnas-a aui- .... Inereaaed 1.1 (.( 7 tone la loT as com pared with 10: the tn-rreaaa Ze 7CZ. maa tonnaa-e waa tl.Oft tone t-K. tonnage alee exhibits aa all-roand In. rreaae, the rgarea far the last rear showing aa Inereaae of liiltu , row, pared with that ef la aad aa tnrreaa of 1.14 I2f aeee laac x c?rl!.1?riTf ,'T "M aa inereaae of Il.at7.aat ts 4nrnoared o-tth laaa Thla lmreee. the returna net forth, wati nt roe to ebnarwtn! raunea bat to the general activity af trad daring that rar. .